U.S. stock markets closed at 1 p.m. Thursday, but they got the fireworks going early. The Dow finally hit 17,000! Many see it as just a psychological threshold, but it’s a level U.S. stocks have never seen before, and it comes a mere six months after the Dow crossed 16,000. All three major inde…

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Time for fireworks: Dow tops 17,000!
